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RIP Katherine Johnson (1918-2020). What a life:
🙏 One of the first African-American women to work at NASA.
🙏 Worked as a “human computer" for Mercury, Apollo, Shuttle programs
🙏 John Glenn requested she personally re-check computer calculations before his Friendship 7 mission
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Female vampire bats regurgitate bloody dinners for their starving girlfriends popsci.com/vampire-bats-frie…
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Gotta love @NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reacting to InSight’s touchdown on Mars. Those handshakes! #MarsLanding
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Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why popsci.com/humpback-whales-a…
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Forensic scientists caught a deer munching on a human carcass for the first time ever pops.ci/Y12ive
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A photon checks into a hotel, and the desk clerk says "Can I get a bellhop for your bags?" Photon responds: "No need. I'm traveling light."
More of our favorite science jokes: pops.ci/lol
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Warning: Do NOT get into a breath-holding contest with a naked mole rat bit.ly/2pbo9If
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Congrats on inching toward the weekend like the ⭐️ that you are
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Great tits are killing birds and eating their brains. Climate change may be to blame. pops.ci/killertits
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Watch Daisy Ridley swing a practice lightsaber po.st/nCDS4h
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A select few species of lobsters, bees, and tarantulas stick out. They also stretch the boundaries of physics. trib.al/OYTQkVW
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Your skin’s melanin can conduct electricity, and scientists want to harness it pops.ci/9t40qW
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#OnThisDay in 1934, the universe produced a collection of organic molecules called Carl Sagan ❤️
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Octopuses are not aliens, but boy are they a bunch of beautiful weirdos pops.ci/octopus-aliens
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These scientists made 2,879 tiny clay caterpillars and hid them all over the world bit.ly/2rlAyuH
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Science has confirmed what we already knew:
A pet’s death can hurt more than losing a fellow human pops.ci/petdeath #LoveYourPetDay
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Apple's new iPhone lineup pricing:
iPhone 7 from $449
iPhone 8 from $599
iPhone XR from $749
iPhone Xs from $999
iPhone Xs Max from $1099
pops.ci/iphone2018
#AppleEvent
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National Zoo
China's endangered 'magic rabbit' was photographed for the first time in 20 years: bit.ly/2lg2UzI
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How do you tell if your cold or flu is actually #COVID19? Use this chart as a handy guide to common symptoms for all three.
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What are the smartest animals and how do we know? pops.ci/animal-iq
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Every day is #EarthDay. On the modern environmental movement's 50th anniversary, here’s a running list of everyday actions you can take to help save the planet:
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Today, we're honoring the late #CarlSagan—who would have been 83 today. We can't think of anyone who inspired so many people to love science and the universe. #CarlSaganDay
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“SUL-SUL!” @TheSims’ language makes more sense than you think: pops.ci/simlish
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Women scientists you didn't learn about in school—but should have pops.ci/womeinscience #InternationalWomensDay
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Happy Birthday Stephen Hawking! The celebrated astrophysicist and cosmologist turns 76 years old today!
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Octopuses are not aliens, but boy are they a bunch of beautiful weirdos pops.ci/Octopus #CephalopodWeek
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This strange creature isn’t a spider or a dog, but it sure looks like both pops.ci/spiderdog
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We curated a list of anti-science tweets and had @BillNye respond to them with real science...he didn't hold back 🔥 🔥 🔥
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#OnThisDay in 1990, Microsoft released Windows 3.0. And for the first time, solitaire.
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.@NASA sees the shockwave of an exploding star for the first time pops.ci/S7lU54
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Women scientists you didn't learn about in school—but should have pops.ci/womeinscience #WomenInScience
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What are the smartest animals, and how do we know? pops.ci/animal-iq
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Light Photographed As A Wave And A Particle For The First Time popsci.com/light-photographe…
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Exclusive: House Science Committee members just sent a letter to Trump insisting he stop relying on fake news pops.ci/nuBg7L
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Mathematicians finally found the perfect bubble blowing formula pops.ci/bubbles
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The 123,000 MPH Plasma Engine That Could Finally Take Astronauts To Mars popsci.com/technology/articl…
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Preventing deforestation might be expensive, but it will cost us more if we don't bit.ly/2nM6apo
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Today, we're celebrating the 150th birthday of one of the greatest female scientists who has ever lived. #OTD in 1867, Marie Curie was born.
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These videos from the #NewHorizons #PlutoFlyby are just jaw-dropping nitter.app/PopSci/status/62211173…
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A woman with sickle cell anemia had her genes edited to make normal functioning red blood cells. pops.ci/nBI0An
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He came all the way from Minneapolis (😱) to bring attention to the plight of the bees! 🐝#marchforscience @ScienceMarchDC
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Siberian unicorns lived alongside humans, and they were so much cooler than the mythical version popsci.com/siberian-unicorns…
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Happy 85th birthday, Dr. Jane Goodall! Her conservation organization, @JaneGoodallInst, has now protected more than 3 million acres of land to help preserve the homes of endangered wildlife.
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Sex isn’t nearly as binary as you think it is. popsci.com/species-swap-sex-…
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#OnThisDay in 1990, Microsoft released Windows 3.0. And for the first time, solitaire.
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You can't replace the F-35 with an F-18 any more than you can replace an aircraft carrier with a cruise ship: pops.ci/GgOdDb
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Are octopuses aliens? No, they're much weirder.
#CephalopodWeek 🐙
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“We call it a rain-blow.”
Instagram user dolphinsafaridom caught a whale "sneezing" a rainbow off the coast of San Diego 🌈 pops.ci/ad2BAV
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This spider looks like a still from a science fiction movie.
More of the year’s best photomicrography: pops.ci/microphoto
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These astronauts are preparing for life on Mars by living in Hawaiian lava tubes popsci.com/science/lava-tube…
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Go ahead, marry your cousin—it’s not that bad for your future kids popsci.com/marrying-cousins-…
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🙏 Received Presidential Medal of Freedom from @BarackObama (pictured)
🙏 NASA named a new building after Johnson on the 55th anniversary of Glenn’s mission, since it would not have been possible without her
🙏 Portrayed in Oscar-nominated Hidden Figures by @TherealTaraji
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We support everyone across the gender spectrum. If you're transphobic, please feel free to block. Thanks!
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EXCLUSIVE—@Marvel announces science, tech, engineering, art & math-devoted comic book covers po.st/RauDs8
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A heartless sea creature could help us figure out why humans can't regenerate limbs bit.ly/2eztsOT
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🚫 Steve Jobs didn’t let his kids use iPads
🚫 Smoking is banned at the Reynolds American offices
🚫 Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper’s developer calls soda “terrible” and “not good for your teeth"
Insiders don't use their products like we do. That’s worrisome: pops.ci/insiders
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If Twitter had been around in Charles Darwin’s day, he would have been science’s one-liner king. To celebrate the iconic biologist’s 210th birthday, we turned his saddest, meanest, and funniest quotes into tweets. 👇
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